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73 sats \ 7 replies \ @hueso 10 Feb 2024 \ on: Everyone’s favorite question: Android or IPhone? tech
You're comparing apples to oranges really. iPhone is a device. Android is an operating system.
It's comparing apples to green robots
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iPhone means iOS, so it's not only device, but also OS.
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Only because it's a closed silo. If it were really your device then you could install whichever operating system you wanted.
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Actually by jailbreaking it's possible to run Linux on some iPhone models. https://www.xda-developers.com/apple-iphone-7-ubuntu-linux-checkra1n-project-sandcastle/
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Dont know @kristapsk iphone is a tangible thing but android no. ;)
Both run on Unix/Linux
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Unix and GNU/Linux.
GNU stands for "GNU's Not Unix!", so as the name implies, it's a different OS.
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